I always said that Sydney was allergic to sports. She has not historically been excited … make that not been interested in playing sports. I don’t know how that girly is even related to me some days. I think maybe they switched her at birth … she is way cuter than we are … she has blonde hair and blue eyes … she is little … allergic to sweating and sports … see the signs?!?!
In an attempt to get her interested in at least one sport, we talked her into trying Volleyball a year ago and she really enjoyed it … so she played Volleyball last Spring and this past Fall. She really gets into practicing and learning about the sports when she is playing. I think a student of the game is an excellent thing to be! So … wanting to keep the ball rolling so to speak … I talked to her about playing basketball this winter and she was keen to try it … well … guess what? She LOVES it! She is pretty good, too! She is no center and I’m not sure she would even work as a forward … so it’s the little guard that she is gonna have to get comfy with playing. She is working on dribbling … and is already REALLY good at defense! It’s a process and let me tell ya … she is workin’ the process.
She had a moment … or six … in Saturday’s game where the was utterly confused. I … and frankly the entire bleacher section and the coach … had no idea why she kept going to the referee when it was the other teams ball and the coach was thinking she didn’t know what team she was on. THEN … in swoops Daddy to save the day … the team we were playing was green. Ummm … what does that have to do with the price of eggs in China you ask … why is she confused? Well … Daddy quickly points out that the referee keeps yelling ‘Green Ball’ and Sydney runs over … hmmm … still confused right?!? Well, when your name has been Green forever you realize that when someone yells ‘Green’ on the field or court that they might NOT be talking to you! We had to tell her when she came to the bench that the referee was NOT talking to her when he said ‘green’. She understood right away … but she had absolutely no idea of that fact before we told her!
She is ROCKIN’ the defense! She had three … count ‘em THREE … steals on Saturday. It.was.her.first.game … EVER. She did a fantastic job. She was even workin’ the full-court-press. She didn’t know it of course .. but her girl had the ball and she was coming down the floor so Sydney picked her up right at the ten-second line. It was funny to see it happen. The coach kept saying ‘we haven’t talked about that’ … so I’m guessing they won’t be pressing next week. She has got the ‘hands up’ plan down and is learning to stay between the girl she is guarding and the ball – so she is well on her way! One little misstep by Sydney with the steal at the defensive end of the court … she got the ball away from the player she was guarding and then turned … dribbled … and shot it — right in the basket that was.not.hers. They didn’t count the points for the other team, thank goodness! She did it so fast that we couldn’t even tell her quickly enough to stop!
One of Sydney’s steals … a swipe … a turn up the court … and a smile … (sorry about the blurry – I wish she would tell me when she is gonna do this cool stuff!) …
I’ll do a quick post with offensive photos tomorrow …
Until next time …
Stacy
